Hammock



(No Model.)

F. W. SUTTON & J. H. MASLAND.

HAMMOUK.

N0.'595,794. Patented De0.21, 1897.

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4 FREDERICK W. SUTTON AND JOSEPH H. MASLAND, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

HAMMOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,794, dated December 21, 1897.

Application filed June 24, 1897, Serial No. 642,058. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK W. SUT- TON and JOSEPH H. MAsLAND, of the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements in Hammocks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to improve the drapery or valances of a hammock by making the body and the valances of different texture and yet of one and the same integral fabric.

A further object of our invention is to provide a spreader that will evenly divide the weight of suspension, and thereby cause less wear and tear on both the body of the hammock and the suspension-cords and that will also tend to lessen liability to accident.

Our invention consists in a hammock of woven fabric, the body of which may be of open or leno weave or may be of close-woven fabric, having a close-woven valance of figured Jacquard weave, showing floral or other designs united to the body of the hammock by means of the weft-threads, which enter into the weaving of both body and valance,

" thus forming an integral fabric, in combination with a spreader and a detachable pillow or bolster.

It also consists in an improved hammockspreader,partially covered,made in two parts, an upper and a lower, either of wood or metal or part wood and part metal, as may be desired. This spreader is fastened across the body of the hammock near its end for the purpose of keeping the body extended laterally and also for the purpose of firmly holding the body in its proper position when in use. 7

A further object of this improved spreader is to evenly divide the weight of suspension, so that the strain will be equal upon all the suspension-cords and not upon the two outer cords, as is the case with other spreaders now in use.

Referring to the drawings, like letters desi gnating like parts, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of our hammock hung ready for use; Fig. 2, end and side views of the two sections of the spreader and an end view of a clip; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the spreader, between the two sections of which a piece of fabric is clamped. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one end of a hammock having a detachable pillow attached thereto, and

Fig. 5 is a view of the pillow detached from hammock.

Our hammock is constructed as follows: a piece of fabric specially woven having one section thereof of sufficient width to form a body A, Fig. 1, of any desired breadth and on both sides of the body are parts of the same integral fabric united by the weftthreads thereto, an extension of a figured or Jacquard pattern showing various designs, forming valances B, Fig. 1. A pillow is made detachable, so that when desirable it may be removed. In this form it may be buttoned in the direction of its length along one or both of its sides across one of the ends of the hammock-body, (see W W, Fig. 4,) or it may be attached there by means of spring-buttons. The spreader F is formed by taking two halfround pieces of wood or other material and of different sectional areas. On the flat side of the larger or upper piece F, Fig. 2, is formed a groove f, extending from one end to the other, into which the lower piece G, Fig. 2, of the spreader fits. The two sections F and G of the spreader are then fastened together and held in place by clips H or by screws, thus holding any part of the fabric (see Fig. 3) that may be between them in such a posi tion that it cannot be removed therefrom eX- cept by separation of the two sections of the spreader. For purposes of ornamentation the ends of the spreader may be covered by ornamental pieces, either attached to and forming part of a metal clip or by being fastened by means of screws.

The hammock is suspended by means of suspension-cords which extend from the suspension-loops to the suspension-rings. These cords are divided by meansof a stretcher, as shown at L in Fig. 1, for the purposes of ornamentation only The cords rest loosely in slots at each end of the stretcher.

WVe claim as our invention- 1. A hammock having a body and a valance composed of an .integral woven fabric, the same weft-threads entering into the weaving of both the body and the valance, the valance showing the figured Jacquard weave in con1- bination with a detachable pillow or bolster and a spreader composed of two parts, an upper and a lower, the upper part having a longitudinal groove in its bottom or under side into which the lower part of the spreader fits, clamping one end of the body of the hammock between them and fastened together,substantially as described.

2. In combination with a hammock, a spreader composed of two parts, an upper and a lower, the upper part having a longitudinal groove sunk into its under side, into which groove the lower section fits, clamping one end of the body of the hammock between the two parts, and fastened together, substantially as described.

3. In combination, a spreader composed of two sections, an upper and a lower, the upper part having a longitudinal groove sunk into its under side, into which groove the lower section of the spreader fits, clamping one end 

